{"id":490244,"date":"2008-09-15T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2024-02-17T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T16:49:00","slug":"audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi Quattro Competing at Targa Newfoundland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years after it achieved legendary status in the hands of rally greats like Stig Bloomquist and Michelle Mouton, an authentic Audi Quattro coupe will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-673501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1-293x206.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a>celebrate the anniversary of the four-wheel-drive technology that revolutionized motorsport in the 1980s with an assault of Targa Newfoundland 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Audi Canada along with Sirius Canada and piloted by six-time Canadian and four-time North American rally champion Frank Sprongl, the 1983 Audi\u00a0 coupe will carry the familiar colors that the factory cars of the era wore when the &#8220;awesome Audis&#8221; ruled the world rally championship. The car will compete in the Open Division of the Targa competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next year, Audi will celebrate its 100 year anniversary,&#8221; explains Diego Ramos, Executive Vice President of Audi Canada. &#8220;This year we are celebrating a new Audi facility in St. Johns. What better way to start the celebrations early than supporting a great Canadian Champion with a historically significant rally car racing in the equally unique Targa Newfoundland. This is a rare opportunity for fans to actually see and hear a Group B rally car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The entry reunites Sprongl with the marque that made him famous. Driver Frank, of Georgetown, Ontario, and co-driver\/brother Daniel Sprongl dominated Canadian rallying with their multiple championships and countless competition wins in a series of Audi cars. Indeed, Frank won the famous Mt. 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Sponsored by Audi Canada along with Sirius Canada and piloted by six-time Canadian and four-time North American rally champion Frank Sprongl, the 1983 Audi\u00a0 coupe will carry the familiar colors that the factory cars of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,261,255],"tags":[177,18744,548,18151],"class_list":["post-490244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audi","category-motorsport-racing","category-news","tag-audi","tag-quattro","tag-motorsport","tag-racing-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Audi Quattro Competing at Targa Newfoundland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Audi Quattro Competing at Targa Newfoundland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Audi Quattro Competing at Targa Newfoundland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Audi Quattro Competing at Targa Newfoundland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-09-15T18:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-17T16:49:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/091508-1801-audiquattro1-300x211.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Audi Quattro Competing at Targa Newfoundland\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-09-15T18:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-17T16:49:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/audi-quattro-competing-at-targa-newfoundland\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/09\\\/091508-1801-audiquattro1-300x211.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Audi\",\"Audi Quattro\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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